Just as each ruler left his architectural mark on Delhi, so each bequeathed to it a culinary legacy. Flavors of Delhi: A Food Lover’s Guide tells the story of Delhi through its food. It explores the city’s culinary history beginning with Indraprastha, taking us through the Sultanate period, Mughal rule and the British raj, and bringing us right up to the present. Professional chef and food writer Charmaine O’Brien’s love for Delhi and its culinary delights is evident. She tells us not only what to eat, but also where to eat it. From paranthas in the galis of Chandni Chowk to kakori kababs at the fancy Dum Pukht, from chaat at a roadside stall to appams at Keraleeyam, from fresh fruit and vegetables at INA Market to fish at Chittaranjan Park, O’Brien takes us on a guided tour through the capital, encouraging us to sample and savour as we see. History comes alive as the recipes in this book allow us to recreate the varied flavors of the city in our kitchens. The result of extensive travel and research, and lavishly illustrated with photographs taken by Kirsten Grant, Flavors of Delhi is a fascinating read that whets the reader’s interest and appetite.
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Superstar India
Explore the Shobhaa De minsite here! ‘This is a story about India. My India. It is a very personal story. You see, I’m exactly as old as India is.’ It all began when, viewing the breathless preparations for independent India’s 60th birthday celebrations–and poised then on her own sixth decade—Shobhaa Dé was struck by the thought: ‘Surely my life has taken the same trajectory as the country’s?’ In an intimate confession to her readers, she answers that question, and many more: Does India really deserve to congratulate itself? Has it lived up to the early promises it made to its people? Does the author believe in India herself? Surveying the many images of the country, Dé points out that for every truism about India the opposite is also true: India as the land of the meek; India as inheritor of the earth; India gherao-ed by distinctly unfriendly neighbours; Indians fleeing to jobs in the West and then racing right back to a better life; Indians who ape their erstwhile colonizers and yet cling irrationally to tradition. In a departure from anything else she has written, Shobhaa Dé lasers in on Indian people and their place in the larger human society, pointing out her country’s historical failings and equally historical glories. Admitting to our knee-jerk reactions to much of what is happening at home and in the world, Dé reasons, nevertheless, that the nation has earned superstar status, and with humorous argumentativeness, she convinces the reader that India is not about to lose its glow.
Mrs Funnybones (Spl 30)
In Mrs Funnybones, Twinkle Khanna wittily explores the plight of the modern Indian woman who has a familiar family story. She organizes dinner each evening after having been at work all day, she runs her own life but has to listen to her mummyji and she worries about her weight and the state of the country. This is an extraordinary book with deliciously witty observations.
Socialite Evenings (Spl 30)
A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered, empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her-neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; high-profile editor Varun, with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous, astute and utterly riveting, Shobhaa Dé’s first novel, Socialite Evenings, laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever.
Pyasi Dharti Pyase Log
This is a story of poor hill girl, who has to live a life of trouble in Mumbai, but she didn’t give up her faith. It has also a story of Youth, everyone called him wild, but was he really wild, You will know this only by reading a novel.
Uttam Management Ke 6 Niyam
The special feature of this book is that the difficult and esoteric principles of management have been written in simple and common language. This is why you will find the book more interesting. Along the rules such as time management, creativity and showcasing your skills, there are some live examples in it.
Safalata Ka Rahasya
Who overcomes worries and difficulties moves on the path of progress. This book of Swet Marden will tell the mystery of getting success. It is said in this book that who wins on worries and difficulties touch the peak of progress. This book opens the many mysteries of getting success in life. By reading this book people avoids despair and selflessness and instills unwavering confidence on him.
The Pulse of Our Times
The Pulse of Our Times is a rigourous selection from more than four hundred poems published over fifteen years in the leading newspapers and journals of the country. Wit, satire and humour are their defining features. These pieces give a synoptic overview of the socio – political scene of the country today. The subjects are treated here with subtle irony and humour. Beside satirical pieces, the collection has heart – warming poems of love and on personal relations, as also peoms of inspiration and about people who have made a mark and won our love and admiration: I stand up sky – high and salute the human spirit. Its limitlessness, its might, its grit, The mind of man I sing As I salute Stephen Hawking.
Modi
The story of a young boy with limited means becoming the Prime Minister of India is a true testament of democracy. Modi: A Story of Hope and Human Endeavour details the working of the Prime Minister’s mind: what inspires him, what motivates him, the experiences that shaped the man we see before us today, featuring unseen photographs and telling unheard stories.
Set in two volumes, The Life and The Leader, these two books tell the story of Narendra Damodardas Modi, from when he was a young boy in Vadanagar, Gujarat, to 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, the official residence of the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy. The first volume, The Life, shares his journey from his childhood to ascending the ladder of the BJP’s leadership, until his resounding mandate in the 2014 general elections. The second volume, The Leader, tells his story from then to now, the milestones India achieved under his visionary leadership.
Reporting India
Reporting India is a fascinating account of the life and times of Prem Prakash, a pioneer in the field of Indian journalism. Over the course of his long and illustrious career as a photographer, film cameraman and columnist, Prakash covered major events, both in India and abroad, bearing witness to natural calamities, wars, military coups and insurgencies.
The book celebrates Prakash’s unparalleled body of work, providing a detailed account of his personal and professional life, along with his reminiscences of the most impactful stories that he covered-from the 1962 Indo-China war to the
1965 and 1971 wars against Pakistan; from the Emergency to the assassination of Indira Gandhi; from Lal Bahadur Shastri’s fateful Tashkent journey to the liberation of Bangladesh; from Jawaharlal Nehru’s demise to Narendra Modi’s rise. An intriguing read, Reporting India brings to life some of the defining moments in Indian history.